Oscillation reducing device



P 14, 1948- F. M. M. B."SALOMON ,0

O SCILLATION REDUCING DEVICE Original Filed Aug. 16, 1939 INVENTOR.

A TTOR/VEY Patented Sept. 14, 1948 r SCIIJIZATION 'REDUGING DEVICE Francois. MarieMichel Bernard Salomon, Paris, France Originalapplication August '16; 1939; Serial No. 290;:433; Divided and thisiapplication May 25;

1345,. Serial No, 595,837.

August l 17, 19-38 I In Luxembourg This invention relates to apparatus for reducing oscillations or vibrations in machine parts, or the like, and more particularly to vibration reducing meansadapted for operation in-conjunction witha rotating shaft or the like.

This application isa division of my copending application-Serial No. 290,433, filed August 16, 1939, for Oscillation reducing device, now Patent No. 2383,5165, andall subjectmatter in said prior filed applicationwhich is applicable to the disclosure of the present application is incorporated herein by reference.

For reducing the vibrations of machine shafts, others have heretoforeused devices which employ movable auxiliary masses that may be of the most varied shapes, such as flywheels or plates which are centered or not centered. on the shaft, centrifugal masses that are independent or centered on-the shaft or the like, the movements of said masses being furthermore damped by variousmeans. This damping may be'obtained, for example, by the friction of solid-surfaces on solidsurfaces, by usingfluids or even by other meanssuch as electrical means On the'other hand, springs or various resilient substances that may even be fluid may furthermore :be used either for providing elastic: couplings on theshafts or for producing retracting moments on the auxiliary oscillating masses Systems of the above character will be hereinafter referred toas systems of the first type.

A second type of device has also been used for reducing. speed oscillations and vibrations, said devices beingparticularly applicable to machine shafts and being characterized by theuse'of auxiliary masses which are completely free on their guideways; involve very slight :friction, and aresubjected solely to the action of the distribut ing forces and to the retracting action of the centrifugal forces. The natural periods of oscillation of a centrifugal mass in a device of-the second type is preferably tuned to the periodic disturbing forces to be compensated" and may in particular be equal to it.

The present invention has for one of its objects the provision of combinations of the, systems of the two types mentioned above, it being understood, of course, that the novel system comprehended does not involve a simple juxtaposition of said types but a real combination thereof as will be seen hereinafter.

The technical advantage of this combination is a" question of species and it mayhappen that the systemsoi the second type with=as little friction as-poss-ible on the'auxiliary masses-armpref enable to the.combined systems. In certain cases, however, thesystems of the second type peculiarities so that very small differences in such peculiarities which may, for example, be due to possible errors in machining completely modify the properties of the oscillation reducer. In such cases, itiis advantageous. touse the devices which are the object of the present invention wherein the action of the devices of thefirst type (involving frictional damping devices and optionally the use of springs or resilient substances) enables the. acuteness-of the characteristic curves of the completesystem to be reduced Under these conditions given difierencesl in. the constructional features. may be of less importance. In. particular, a greater variation in thenatural period of a centrifugal pendulum of the second t pe may become acceptable without substantially altering the properties of the whole arrangemerit.

It. must be carefully noted that the fact that the, above, combination may be advantageous in certain cases does not many way change the technical importance of the systems of the second type having free centrifugal masses Although said systems of'the second type may in someinstancesbe very advantageous in combination with systems of the firsttype, it maybe more advantageous in other instances to use one of said systems alone.

Other advantages and peculiarities of the invention will become apparent from the ensuing description. when the. same. is taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which die agrammatically show, merely by way of example, twoembodimentsof the invention. In ,the drawings, wherein like. reference characters refer to. like partsthroughout the several views,

Fig, 1 is .a diagrammatic side elevation, partly in section and with parts broken away, showing oneembod-iment. of a .device embodying the present invention and fitted on a crankshaft of an engine, such as. a straight four-cylinder heat en- Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewof the device. illustrated in .Fig. l, thesection" being. taken subtantially on line Z-2-of Fig. 1; and.

Figs. 3 and -31118 views similar to Figs. 1 andZ, respectively, showing a second embodiment of the invention.

Referringfirsttol igs. l and 2., 5 is the axis-of arotatable shaft liwhich maybe mounted in any suitablelmown manner and driven by .a suitable source of power (not shown). Shaft 6 may, for example, be the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine. Secured to shaft 6 for rotation therewith is a plate 9. Any suitable means such as a key 8 may be employed for connecting shaft 6 and plate 9.

It has been shown, particularly in Salomon U. S. Patents NOS. 2,029,796, 2,103,643 and 2,181,-

a finite or infinite positive or negative apparent moment of inertia, the value of which is appropriate to each case of application. More particularly, the pendular masses which are mounted on the rotating member move absolutely freely without damping and without being retracted by means of a spring, the sole retracting action beingthat of the centrifugal forces. The property or functioning of such a device is independent of the speed of rotation of the shaft. Additionally, the aforesaid patents disclose the conditions which must be fulfilled from a constructional standpoint as regards the natural period of the centrifugal pendulums.

' The devices comprehended by the present invention comprise a first member coupled to the rotating structure 9 by resilient or damping parts and a system of oscillating masses which are mounted on said first member and not subjected to resilient or damping actions but solely to the retracting action of centrifugal forces acting thereon. It may often be advantageous to employ a system wherein said first member is eccentrically mounted relative to the axis of said shaft whereby said first member will itself be subjected to the retracting action of centrifugal forces as well as to the resilient or damping actions of the coupling means therefor.

In Figs. 1 and 2, said first member, which is directly coupled to the vibrating shaft 6, 9, is a centrifugal mass l6. Said mass is capable of oscillating relative to plate 9 but is subjected to the damping or resilient action of any suitable known means, such as a body of rubber 8, for example. As shown, the substance |8 fills an annular space and is enclosed between the mass l6 and a ring 20 which is secured to the disc 9. The substance I8 is preferably both resilient and damping and may consist of natural or synthetic rubber or a like substance.

Projecting axially from mass l6 are a pair of pins 2|, 2| on each of which is formed a roller track 22. The axes K of pins 2| extend parallel to the axis 5 of shaft 6. Coupled to mass l6 through the medium of pins 2| are a pair of masses |9 which are of the free oscillating and rolling centrifugal mass type. In the illustrated embodiment, each of the masses 9 is formed by a ring of revolution which is capable of oscillating by rolling on the roller track 22 of a pin 2| which is in turn carried by mass Hi. It will be understood, of course, that the coupling between masses l6 and I9 may undergo extensive modifications.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the mass 23 is adapted to oscillate freely relative to rotating member 9 by rolling on the wall of a hole or cavity I! in the composite plate or disc 9. As shown, mass 23 is cylindrical and has a second mass 24 mounted therein. The masses 23 and 24 are coupled together by means of a resilient and damping substance 25 which completely surrounds mass 24 and engages the inner walls of mass 23. The substance 25 may be the same as the substance |8 used in the embodiments of Figs. 1 and 2.

It is known that in damping devices of the first type, of which the system formed by plate 9 and mass I6 which are coupled by resilient means I8 is a diagrammatical example, there is in practice in each case an optimum value for the moment of inertia of the mass l6 relatively to the axis of shaft 6.

Let M .be this value.

It has been shown on the other hand that the systems of oscillating centrifugal masses decribed in the above-mentioned patents are equiv alent to a finite or infinite, positive or negative, fictitious inertia, the value of which is A and 5, being certain determinants of the order it plus 1 and 11., respectively, relatively to the linear equations which are satisfied by the system within the usual approximations, and n be-' The devices which are the object of the :present invention may be placed at any points of the vibrating members and in the case of shafts, the same may be placed at the front, at the rear, or intermediate the ends. In the case of crankshafts, said devices can be placed in the counterweights or outside the shaft. In the case of radial aircraft engines, said devices can be mounted in the counterweights. The pendulums used may be of any type with unifilar, bifilar or m-ultifilar suspension.

The invention has been particularly described for the case of reducing torsional oscillations, but the same principles apply in the case of reducing bending oscillations and in that of the simultaneous reduction of torsional and bending oscillations. In the case of bending oscillations, the movements of the oscillating systems will generally be effected in planes containing the axis of the shaft which produces the centrifugal forces, such as in Fig. 14 of the above-mentioned Patent No. 2,103,643. The shaft which produces the centrifugal forces will frequently be the shaft or machine part in which it is desired to reduce the vibrations, but it could be another shaft which could be kept in rotation in any manner, such as by means of an electric motor or the like.

What is claimed is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable member, a damping mass carried by said member for movement relative thereto, yielding means completely surrounding at least a part of said mass and engaging said member, and a freely swinging pendular damping mass carried by first-named mass.

2. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable machine member having a curved guide-' way eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation of said member, a damping mass having substantially frictionless rolling engagement with said guideway, a yieldable substance carried by said mass, and a second damping mass embedded in said yieldable substance.

3. In combination, a rotatable member, at least two damping masses carried by said member and having direct interconnection with each other independently of said member, said masses being oscillatable relative to each other and said member and subject to the action of centrifugal forces created during rotation of said member, and resilient means surrounding at 1east a portion of one of said masses for continuously yieldably resisting at least a portion of the movement of one of said masses relative to said member without resisting movement of the other of said masses relative to said member.

4. In combination, a rotatable member, a plurality of connected damping masses carried by said member, said masses being connected with each other independently of said member and oscillatable relative to each other and said member and subject to the action of centrifugal forces created during the rotation of said member, and resilient means continuously in contact with one of said masses and adapted to resist movement thereof in response to centrifugal forces acting thereon without resisting relative movement between said member and another of said masses.

5. In combination, a rotatable member, a plurality of damping masses carried by said member, said masses being interconnected with each other independently of said member and oscillatable relative to each other and subject to the action of centrifugal forces created relative to the rotation of said member, movement of at least one of said masses relative to said member during rotation of the latter being substantially without friction and along a curved path, and a resilient rubber-like substance completely surrounding at least a portion of another of said masses for continuously yieldably resisting at least a portion of the movement of the latter relative to said member.

6. In combination, a rotatable member, a pair of interconnected damping masses carried by said member and oscillatable relative thereto, said masses being subject to the action of centrifugal forces created during the rotation of said mem-v ber and adapted for movement relative to each other, one of said masses being connected to the other of said masses independently of said member and having substantially free rolling movement relative to said member, and resilient means for continuously yieldably resisting at least some of the movement of the other of said masses relative to said member in response to centrifugal forces acting thereon.

7. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable machine member, a damping mass, a yieldable substance such as rubber completely surrounding at least a portion of said mass and supporting the latter on said member, and a freely oscillatable pendular damping mass carried by said first-named mass.

8. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable member, a damping mass, resilient means interposed between said member and mass for resisting movement of the latter in response to centrifugal forces acting thereon, and a freely swinging pendular damping mass carried by said first-named mass.

9. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable member having a curved guideway eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation of said member, a damping mass having substantially frictionless rolling engagement with said guideway, a second clamping mass carried by said firstnamed damping mass, and resilient means interposed between said masses for resisting relative movement thereof.

10. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable machine member having a curved guideway eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation of said member, a hollow damping mass having substantially frictionless rolling engagement with said guideway, a second damping mass within said first-named damping mass, and a yieldable substance for resisting relative movement of said masses.

11. In combination, a rotatable machine member, a damping mass eccentrically mounted on said member for oscillatory movement relative thereto, resilient means for resisting movement of said mass relative to said member in response to centrifugal forces during rotation of said member, and at least one pendular damping mass carried by and oscillatable relative to said first named damping mass.

12. In combination, a rotatable member, at least two damping masses carried by said member and connected with each other independently of said member, said masses being oscillatable relative to each other and to said member and subject to the action of centrifugal forces created during rotation of said member, and resilient means for continuously yieldably resisting any movement of one of said masses independently of movement of the other of said masses and relative to said member in response to centrifugal forces during rotation of said member.

13. In combination, a rotatable machine member, a centrifugally operable damping mass mounted on said member for oscillatory movement relative thereto, a second damping mass carried by and movable with said first-named damping mass, and resilient means for resisting relative movement of said masses.

14. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable machine member, pendular damping means including a member oscillatable relative to said member and subject to the action of centrifugal forces created during rotation of said rotatable member, a damping mass carried by one of said members, and a resilient substance surrounding at least a portion of said damping mass for yieldably resisting movement of said mass relative to the member by which it is carried, said second-named member and said mass being connected together independently of said first-named member.

FRANCOIS MARIE MICHEL BERNARD SALOMON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 989,958 Frahm Apr. 18, 1911 2,155,052 Byland Apr. 18, 1939 2,181,610 Salomon Nov. 28, 1939 2,383,516 Salomon Aug. 28, 1945 

